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Ruling passed by Authority for Advance Rulings Customs , Central Excise & Service Tax. The Authority for Advance Rulings consists of a Chairman who is a retired Judge of the Supreme court and two members of the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India, one each from the Indian Revenue Service and the Indian Legal Service.

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GST on Canteen Services in Business Premises: Judicial Rulings & Analysis

Goods and Services Tax : Scenario-wise analysis of GST on business canteen services covering ITC, employee recovery, contractor supply, and statutory oblig...

May 10, 2026 1722 Views 0 comment Print

Quick Lime (90%) and Hydrated Lime (85-95%) Attract 5% GST: AAR Tamilnadu

Goods and Services Tax : The ruling examines the composition of lime products and holds that impurities of 10–15% place them under Heading 2522. The Auth...

December 4, 2025 840 Views 0 comment Print

Can ITC Be Used Across Unrelated Supplies? A Key GST Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : Gujarat AAAR rules ITC from one business can offset GST on unrelated output supplies under a single registration, emphasizing fung...

July 21, 2025 1821 Views 0 comment Print

जीएसटी में एडवांस रूलिंग: एक विस्तृत अवलोकन

Goods and Services Tax : जीएसटी के तहत एडवांस रूलिंग (AAR) की प्रक्रिया, प्रा...

July 21, 2025 1341 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Notifications and Circulars for Week ending 22nd June 2025

CA, CS, CMA : Stay informed on India's latest regulatory changes from June 16-22, 2025. This summary covers Income Tax exemptions, GST amendment...

June 25, 2025 5175 Views 0 comment Print


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Functionality to search and view Advance Ruling Orders under GST

Goods and Services Tax : New functionality to search for GST Advance Ruling Orders issued by Authority / Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling on GST Por...

August 10, 2022 2820 Views 0 comment Print

GST Authorities of Advance/Appellate Rulings-Status Upto April 2019 

Goods and Services Tax : Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) constituted under the provisions of a SGST/ UTGST Act, in terms of the provisions of Section 96...

May 29, 2019 1137 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CAAR Rejects Advance Ruling Plea as Roasted Areca Nut Classification Already Decided by HC

Custom Duty : CAAR declined to entertain an advance ruling application on roasted areca nut classification after finding that the issue had alre...

June 4, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

Chilli Grinding Job Work GST Issue Left Undecided Due to Withdrawal of AAR Application

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka AAR disposed of the application after the applicant informed that GST demand orders on the same issue were already under...

June 2, 2026 132 Views 0 comment Print

GST Advance Ruling Application Withdrawn as ITC Time-Limit Issue Was Outside AAR Jurisdiction

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka AAR disposed of the application after observing that a request for extension of the ITC availment deadline did not fall ...

June 2, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Factory Canteen ITC Allowed Only to Extent of Actual Employer Expenditure

Goods and Services Tax : The authority clarified that ITC cannot be claimed on amounts recovered from employees toward canteen facilities. Credit is restri...

June 2, 2026 429 Views 0 comment Print

Fresh Isabgol Seeds Exempt from GST as They Remain Unprocessed After Harvest: AAR Gujarat

Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat AAR held that Psyllium (Isabgol) Seeds procured from farmers and supplied without drying, freezing, or processing qual...

May 30, 2026 1377 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Maharashtra GST Authority Appoints New Member

Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Authority makes changes in its lineup, appointing Shri. Ajaykumar Vaman Bonde as a member of Ad...

October 16, 2023 1428 Views 0 comment Print

Rajiv Ranjan appointed as member of Maharashtra Advance Ruling Authority

Goods and Services Tax : Mr. Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as member of Maharashtra Advance Ruling Authority in the place of Mr. Rajiv Magoo. FINANCE DEP...

September 13, 2022 1599 Views 0 comment Print

Notification to re-constitute Himachal Pradesh Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : Governor of Himachal Pradesh, in supersession of this department’s notification of even No. dated 14.09.2020, published in the e...

January 20, 2022 1110 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Authority for Advance Ruling reconstituted

Goods and Services Tax : Governor of Delhi under Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, is pleased to reconstitute the Delhi Authority for Advance Ruling...

July 27, 2021 2256 Views 0 comment Print

Rajiv Magoo appointed as member of Maharashtra GST Advance Ruling Committee

Goods and Services Tax : Shri. Rajiv Magoo, Joint Commissioner of Central Tax has been appointed as member of Maharashtra GST Advance Ruling Committee in t...

April 29, 2021 2388 Views 0 comment Print


GST Registration compulsory for those liable to pay GST under RCM

April 10, 2019 27609 Views 0 comment Print

In re Jalaram Feeds (GST AAR Maharashtra) Applicant has stated that they require services of Goods Transport Agency like any other business. Applicant being a recipient of supply is liable to pay tax under reverse charge basis and as per Section 9(4) of the Act, all the provisions of this act shall apply to such […]

Section 17(5)(h) bars credit of ITC on goods supplied in marketing events

April 10, 2019 9555 Views 0 comment Print

In re BMW India Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Haryana) Q1. Whether certain customized lifestyle goods procured by BMW India either from a third party local supplier or imported from outside India for supply of goods during promotion/marketing events organized by the company will qualify as used in the course or furtherance of business in term […]

AAR explains exemption notification No. 12/2017-CT(R) w.r.t. training programs

April 10, 2019 5454 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Network For Information & Computer (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) Text and language of the exemption notification No.12/2017-CT(R) shows that the intent of the legislature is to exempt services provided to the Central Government, State Government or Union Territory Administration under any training program for which total expenditure is borne by such Governments. […]

GST on fabrication of bus body on chassis to be supplied by OEMs (Principal)

April 10, 2019 4536 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rohan Coach Builders (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) In respect of the question raised by the applicant we hold that on fabrication of bus body on the chassis to be supplied by the OEMs (Principal) on delivery challan or any other owner of the chassis on which bus body will be fabricated by collecting […]

GST Rate on operating gaming zone in malls

April 8, 2019 15432 Views 0 comment Print

In re Bandai Namco India private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question: – Applicable GST Rate on operating gaming zone in one of leading malls in Mumbai? Applicant submitted that they are engaged in providing amusement facility services and also running family entertainment facility center in Oberoi mail Mumbai. To conduct the business as aforesaid it […]

AAR cannot deal with ITC of service tax or VAT paid under erstwhile laws

April 8, 2019 987 Views 0 comment Print

In re Bauli India Bakes and Sweets Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) From the collective readings of provisions viz. – Clause (63) and (62) of Section 2 of the CGST Act that, the question enumerated at (d) of Section 97(2), supra does not deal with the admissibility of the credit of taxes paid other than […]

Room rent & food supplied in room constitute mixed supply or not- AAR allows withdrawal of application

April 4, 2019 1830 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Rashi Eco Tourism Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) The Applicant, vide their letter dated 09.03.2019, received in this office on 13.03.2019, has requested to permit them to withdraw the application filed for advance ruling, consequent to the decision of the Board of Directors of the Applicant Company. In view of the above, we […]

GST on promotional product- AAR permits Britannia to withdraw application

April 4, 2019 1308 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Britannia Industries Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the promotional product would qualify to be a supply liable to GST and whether the supply of the main product with free product would fall within the mischief of a mixed supply attracting the rate of tax of the product attracting the highest rate of […]

AAAR have no jurisdiction to determine place of supply of services or goods or both

April 3, 2019 1758 Views 0 comment Print

in order to determine which levy, whether CGST and SGST, or IGST will be imposed on the said supply of photography services of the Appellant, we will have to determine the place of supply. Then only, we can determine the nature of levy, whether CGST and SGST or IGST, which will be imposed on the said supply of service of the Appellant. Since, we do not have jurisdiction to determine the place of supply of services or goods or both

GST on construction of office building for APSFC

April 3, 2019 1812 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant sought for Advance Ruling on applicable rate of tax under GST for construction of office building at Vijayawada for Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation. The activity of the applicant under the said agreement with M/S APSFC is a Composite Supply of Works Contract as defined in clause 119 of Section 2 of Central Goods and Services Act, 2017.

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